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The council styles itself Oldham Council rather than its full formal name of Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council. [10] From 1974 until 1986 the council was a lower-tier authority, with upper-tier functions provided by the Greater Manchester County Council. The county council was abolished in 1986 and its functions passed to Greater Manchester's ...
The Coat of Arms of the Oldham County Borough Council, as found at Oldham Police Station. The station predates the merging of Oldham Borough Police into Lancashire Constabulary in 1969, and thus still displays the redundant arms. Prior to 1894, the town council made use of the arms of the Oldham family. The arms were blazoned as:
Oldham council's coat of arms, seen here at the Civic Centre. Following the 1974 reorganisation, a new coat of arms was granted to Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council, based closely on that of the predecessor Oldham County Borough Council. Like the county borough's arms, which dated from 1894, the new coat is derived from the arms of the Oldham ...
The coat of arms of the former County Borough of Oldham council, granted 7 November 1894, based upon those of an ancient local family surnamed Oldham. The owls suggest that the family, like the town, called itself 'Owdham', and adopted the birds in allusion to its name. The motto "Sapere aude" ("Dare to be wise") refers to the owls. [11] [43]
Bishop Oldham's coat of arms. Differences of his arms form the arms of Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council and of his foundations Manchester Grammar School and Corpus Christi College, Oxford Heraldic escutcheon on tomb of Hugh Oldham (d.1519), Bishop of Exeter: Dexter: Gules, a sword erect in pale argent, hilted or surmounted by two keys addorsed in saltire of the last [6] (See of Exeter ...
The council agreed to apply for a new coat of arms from the College of Arms in November 2021. [3] County Council, became Unitary in 2020. Bristol City Council: Transferred 1974 District Council, became Unitary in 1996. Cornwall Council: Transferred 1975 County Council, became Unitary in 2009. Cumberland Council: 1951 [a]
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The Armorial of local councils in Scotland lists 46 heraldic coats of arms organised according to type of council, whether Regional, Island, City District, or Other. Each entry includes the name of the geographic area represented and a blazon (description in highly stylised heraldic language).